E-Book Suit a Victory for the Amazon Monopoly

This week, the Obama administrationâ??s Justice Department struck a great legal blow against our open market for books, and indeed against open markets in America. Even though online retailer Amazon has captured more than 50 percent of many key book marketsâ??like the one for e-booksâ??antitrust enforcers brought suit not against this vast and swelling monopolist but against the publishers who are the victims of Amazonâ??s power.